Stove



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ms. BLANEY. Stove.

No. 239,025. Patented March 22, I881 Fig.3. Int/Brion "U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE s. BLANEY, or OINOINNATLOHIO.

STOVE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, GEORGE S. BLANEY,of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves, of which the following is a specifition.

My invention relates more particularly to laundry-stoves, and for convenience of description and purposes of illustration I have selected one of this class of stoves.

The object of my invention is to provide a stove that by virtue of its peculiar construction will cause all the steam and vapor arising in the room, or, in case of a laundry, the steam and moisture arising from the drying clothes, to be drawn into and passed through the fire, thus serving the multiple purpose of freeing the room of steam, improving the draft and combustion of fuel, and hastening the process of drying the clothes. A great deal of steam arises in laundries from the drying clothes, and if this steam is allowed to remain in the room or drying-chamber, and no provision is made for its removal, it greatly retards the drying process.

My invention, while it provides a channel for the escape of this steam, is so constructed, as will be hereinafter fully described, as to cause the steam to be drawn into the stove, and, finally, to be drawn into the fire and consumed; but before entering the fire-chamber the steam circulates around the exterior of said chamber, being confined between the outer plates of the stove and the linings, which latter here form the fire-chamber, thus preventing said linings from being burned out as rapidly as they otherwise would be.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention, part of the outer casin g beingbroken away, showing the interior arrangement of various parts. In this figure all the linings, except one end lining, are removed to show the parts beneath. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof the stove shown in Fig. 1, with the top removed, showing all of the linings in position. Fig.

3 is a view of the top of the stove, also showing the grate at the bottom of the fire-chamber. Fig. 4 represents a vertical section through the line w m of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 represents a "ertical section through the line y y of Fig. 2.

March 22,-1881.

. A A A Arepresent the outer casings or plates of the stove, and A A A A the lining,

which, together with the grate B, form the fire-chamber. The lower edges of these lin ings rest upon the frame B and against the ridge 7) on said frame. This frame B is provided with outwardly-projecting arms. or extensions a, which rest upon lugs a on the inner surface of the front and rear plates of the stove, thus holding the frame B in position. Openings a are left between the arms or extensions (t.

From the under side of the frame 13 plates 0 extend downwardly to the bottom plate of the stove, forming the ash-box under the firechamber. These plates 0 are preferably held in position by a ridge on the under side of the frame B, similar to the ridge 1) on its: upper side. The plates 0 are provided with openings cl, which are provided with appropriate dampcrs, as d.

The outer end casings, A, are provided with draftregisters I). The front outer casing is provided with the ash-doors F, and the rear outer casing is provided with the smoke-outlet 6, which communicates with the interior of the fire-chamber by the opening 0 through the back lining.

By the construction already described-via, the outer casing or side plates, A, of the stove 'on the one side and thelinings A and the vertioal plates 0 on the other sideit will be seen that a continuous air or steam chamber is formed,whioh entirely surrounds the fire-chamher. Into this space pipes G open, as shown in Fig. 1.

The top of the stove is preferably made in two pieces, H and H, as shown in Fig. 3, and at one sidehere shown as the fronta supplydoor, J, is placed, which covers the orifice through which fuel may be introduced to the fire-chamber. This supply-door is preferably provided with a draft-register, K, as shown, and may be hinged, in any suitable manner, to the top plate, H, so that it can be lifted and turned back when fuel is to be introduced to tion operates is as follows: When used for laundry purposes the stove is preferably placed in close proximity to the drying-chamber, so that the heat may be the more conveniently conducted into said chamber. The smoke-flue, which is connected with the opening 6, is carried into and through the drying chamber, where it may be arranged to suit the manufacturer, so as to best distribute the heat produced by the smoke and products of combustion which pass through the smoke flue and finally pass out into the chimney. The pipes G are also carried into the dryingchamber, and preferably extend nearly to the top of said chamber, and their open months may, if desired, terminate in flaring or funnel-shaped openings. The purpose of these pipes is to collect the steam and moisture arising from the drying clothes and conduct it into the stove. When a fire has been started in the stove, a strong draft is created through the pipes G, which may be regulated by the various draft-openings and dampers in the stove, thus drawing in all the steam and moisture as fast as they arise from the clothes. As this steam is drawn into the stove it enters the steam-space around the fire-chamber, where it circulates freely and is conducted to the under side of the fire through the openings a at the front of the ash-box, or through the openings d by opening the dampers 11. As this steam enters the fire chamber it causes a more perfect combustion of the fuel. It willtherefore be seen that I remove the steam fromthe drying-chamber, which hastens the process of drying the clothes and utilizes the same steam by conducting it through the fire. Should the draft not be sufficient through the pipes G the draft-registers D in the outer casings of the stove may be opened, thus securing as much draft as may be desired.

If no separate drying-chamber is used, the pipes G may open near the'top of the room in which the stove is situated,in which event all the steam and moisture rising in the room will be drawn into the stove and consumed.

A stove embodying the principles of my invention adds greatly to the perfect ventilation of the room in which it is located, without any reference to its connection with a laundry, as

by it all of the bad air in the room will be dis- 5o posed of as fast as it arises. My invention may therefore be employed to purify the air of rooms, even where it cannot be used forlaundry purposes.

The principle upon which my invention is based may also be very advantageously employed in and applied to hot-air furnaces, and will entirely remedy a serious defect which existsin hot-air furnaces as usually constructed It afl'ords a very 6o viz., a want of ventilation. convenient mode of ventilation, and at the same time causes a more perfect draft.

Should the manufacturer desire, either the draft-openings dand their dampers or the openings a at the front of the frame B may be dis- B, provided with ridge 1), and the plates 0, the

latter being provided with draft openings 61, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. A stove provided with a fire-chamberhaving suitable draft-openin gs and ash-pit and surrounded by an air or steam space, the latter being provided with inlet-pipes G, draft-register D, and draft opening d, the latter being provided with damper at, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

, 3. In a stove, the combination of the fire- 8 chamber provided with feeddoor J, register K, and smoke-outlet c e, and an ash-pit provided with doors F and openings d, said firechamber and ash-box being surrounded by an air or steam space provided with the inlet- 0 pipes G and draft-register D, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

GEORGE S. BLANEY. Attest:

E. H. Fos'rER, E. R. HILL. 

